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REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC ATTESTATION OF ATTRIBUTES ISSUED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PUBLIC BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR AN AUTHENTIC SOURCE An electronic attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public body responsible for an authentic source shall contain:

(a) an indication, at least in a form suitable for automated processing, that the attestation has been issued as an electronic attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public body responsible for an authentic source;

(b) a set of data unambiguously representing the public body issuing the electronic attestation of attributes, including at least, the Member State in which that public body is established and its name and, where applicable, its registration number as stated in the official records;

(c) a set of data unambiguously representing the entity to which the attested attributes refer; if a pseudonym is used, it shall be clearly indicated;

(d) the attested attribute or attributes, including, where applicable, the information necessary to identify the scope of those attributes;

(e) details of the beginning and end of the attestation’s period of validity;

(f) the attestation identity code, which must be unique for the issuing public body and, if applicable, an indication of the scheme of attestations that the attestation of attributes is part of;

(g) the qualified electronic signature or qualified electronic seal of the issuing body;

(h) the location where the certificate supporting the qualified electronic signature or qualified electronic seal referred to in point (g) is available free of charge;

(i) the information or location of the services that can be used to enquire about the validity status of the attestation.